Archangel Dojo

🥋 NEW DOCUMENTARY — MEMBERS WATCH NOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zcb6...

In February 1964, three Japanese karate fighters entered Bangkok’s legendary Lumpinee Stadium to challenge Muay Thai on its own ground.

Representing Mas Oyama’s full-contact approach to karate, Tadashi Nakamura, Akio Fujihira and Kenji Kurosaki fought under rules that allowed punches, kicks, knees, elbows and clinch fighting.

Karate officially won two fights out of three.

But the one Japanese fighter who lost may have changed martial arts history more than the two who won.

Channel members can watch the complete documentary now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zcb6...

The Night Karate Challenged Muay Thai — And Japanese Kickboxing Was Born will be released publicly this Saturday.

This historic confrontation is also explored in greater depth in the upcoming second volume of my book, WAY OF THE EMPTY HAND, arriving this September.

The first volume is already available worldwide through Amazon:

📘 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

If you would like early access to new documentaries, exclusive audiobook chapters and additional material, you can support Archangel Dojo by using the JOIN button on the channel.

To all existing members: thank you for making this work possible. I hope you enjoy the new documentary.

23 hours ago | [YT] | 7

Archangel Dojo

🥋 **The Complete History of Kenpo is here!**

The most comprehensive video I've ever made on the history and evolution of Kenpo is now available exclusively for channel members.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmrC...

From Shaolin and Okinawa to Japan, Hawaii, and the modern world of martial arts, this video follows the complete journey of one of the most influential fighting traditions ever created.

🔒 Members can watch it right now with Early Access.

🌍 The video becomes PUBLIC this Saturday at 2:00 PM (14:00).

If you'd like to support the channel, get **early access**, exclusive bonus content, and help me continue creating in-depth martial arts documentaries, consider becoming a member. Membership starts at a very affordable price and truly makes a difference.

📖 If you enjoy the history of karate and martial arts, you may also like my book:

Way of the Empty Hand
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

Thank you all for your support. I can't wait to hear what you think about this one!

1 week ago | [YT] | 86

Archangel Dojo

🥋 New documentary is now available... exclusively for Channel Members!

Today's video explores the fascinating story of Gosoku-Ryu Karate and its founder, Tak Kubota—the karate master who invented the Kubotan.

For the next 48 hours, the documentary is available only to Channel Members. After that, it will become public for everyone.

If you'd like to watch it early, get access to exclusive audiobook chapters from Way of the Empty Hand II, and support the future of the channel, consider becoming a member today.

📚 Way of the Empty Hand
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

I'm also excited to announce that Volume II is coming this September. Members already have access to several chapters, with more on the way—and may even get early access before the official release.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Osu! 👊

1 week ago | [YT] | 96

Archangel Dojo

🥉 Proud coach moment.

One of my students, Vukan Roganović, has just won a bronze medal at the Senshi World Championship.

He secured his medal with a spectacular knockout victory in the quarterfinals and then narrowly lost the semifinal by decision against a strong opponent.

This is also the reason there was no new history video last Saturday—I was in Bulgaria, coaching at the championship.

I'm incredibly proud of Vukan's performance, his dedication, and the work our team has put in.

You can watch his quarterfinal fight here. I'd love to hear what you think! 🥋👊


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trcu...

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 62

Archangel Dojo

New video is out.
For the first time on Archangel Dojo, I’m covering Taekwondo — its roots, its evolution, and how it became one of the most recognizable martial arts in the world.

As a karateka, this was a very interesting topic to explore, because the deeper I went, the clearer it became that Taekwondo has a much richer and more complex history than most people realize.

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/wnJ4C9bibiQ

My book, Way of the Empty Hand, is also available here:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

If this video does well, I may turn this into a full Taekwondo / Korean martial arts series.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 98

Archangel Dojo

Way of the empty hand book:

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

Shorinji Kempo is often overshadowed by more widely known martial arts, but behind it lies a very distinct system that blends technique, discipline, and inner development into one unified philosophy.

In this new video, I explore exactly that: what Shorinji Kempo is, how it developed, and why it stands apart from the “traditional” understanding of karate and other Japanese martial systems.

This is not just about techniques — it’s about the way of thinking behind them.

If you’re interested in the deeper context of martial arts, their history, and the philosophy that shapes them, this is a video worth watching to the end.

📘 Some of these ideas, and a broader reflection on martial arts as a way of life, are also explored in my book, where I go even deeper into the connection between training, character, and everyday life.

Link is in the description.

Let me know in the comments what you think about Shorinji Kempo — do you see it more as a fighting system, or as a philosophical path?

1 month ago | [YT] | 124

Archangel Dojo

American Kenpo is finally public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9Qo...

This was one of the most requested videos on the channel, so I wanted to do it properly — not only Ed Parker, Elvis and Hollywood, but also the deeper Hawaiian Kenpo line through James Mitose and William Kwai Sun Chow.

American Kenpo is often remembered for fast hands, self-defense combinations, and its Hollywood image.

But behind that, there is a much bigger story:

Hawaii.
Mitose.
Chow.
Parker.
Elvis.
Hollywood.
And the question of whether American Kenpo was a brilliant modern self-defense system — or whether it became too complex and too choreographed.

The full video is now available on the channel.

My book Way of the Empty Hand is available on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

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Oss.

1 month ago | [YT] | 111

Archangel Dojo

American Kenpo: From Hawaii to Hollywood.

The video is already online for channel members — 48 hours before everyone else.

Tomorrow at 15:00, it goes public.

This was one of the most requested videos on the channel, and I wanted to do it properly: James Mitose, William Chow, Ed Parker, Elvis, Hollywood, fast hands, self-defense, and the big question behind the system:

Was American Kenpo a brilliant modern martial art — or did it become too complex and too choreographed?

Members will continue to get early access to future long-form videos before public release.

My book Way of the Empty Hand is available on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS1LXGZV

Oss.

1 month ago | [YT] | 81

Archangel Dojo

Way of the Empty Hand II — Chapter 6: The Legend Crosses the Sea is now available for channel members.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpChK...

This chapter follows Kimura’s return to Tokyo after Brazil — and a quiet conversation with Mas Oyama about reputation, karate, Japan, and how a legend can cross the ocean before the man himself.

Thank you to everyone supporting the channel and the upcoming book.

And for everyone else:

This Saturday — deep dive into American Kenpo.
Ed Parker, Hawaii, the evolution of Kenpo, and how one system became one of the most recognizable martial arts exports of the modern era.

1 month ago | [YT] | 16

Archangel Dojo

New video today at 15:00 CET on Archangel Dojo 🥋

After Nippon Kempo and Hawaiian Kempo/Kajukenbo, we are going further back — to Okinawa.

This episode is not just about one “Kenpo style.”

It is about the space between China, Okinawa, and Japan:
the place where Chinese martial methods, local Okinawan fighting traditions, and later Japanese karate began to overlap.

Before karate became Japanese, it was Okinawan.
And before it became the “empty hand,” it still carried the memory of the “Chinese hand.”

Okinawan Kenpo may be one of the most important missing links between Kung Fu and Karate.

Coming today at 15:00 CET.

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